Characteristics and levels of utilisation of non conventional therapies;Caratteristiche d'uso e livelli di diffusione della medicina non convenzionale

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-497

  Menniti Ippolito, Francesca ^a   De Mei, Barbara ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Characteristics of users; Prevalence of use

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033256495     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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